This manual is intended as a basic introduction to supported employment programs for rehabilitation agencies. It presents guidelines for developing training programs for rehabilitation personnel and others interested in emerging supported employment programs, addresses administrative issues and concerns about supported employment, and identifies resources that may be used by staff development personnel and other rehabilitation trainers to increase the impact of supported employment programs. The following topics are covered: the philosophical base for supported employment; the historical and legislative background of supported employment, the meaning of the term "supported employment" (the job coach/employment support, enclave, and entrepreneurial models); definition of quality parameters within supported employment (core and quality features); definition of a program's target population; procedures for preparing a community for supported employment; incorporation of supported employment into a community (gaps in services, the role of rehabilitation facilities, funding impediments, disincentives for rehabilitation facilities and workshops, employer disincentives, and problems of interagency coordination); funding options for supported employment; and utilization of the manual. A seven-page bibliography and a list of the members of the total study are appended. (MN)